Ensign – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
ensign
n.
flag used to show nationality; sign, symbol; military rank
Ensign
An
ensign is a
national flag when used at sea as a country's
maritime flag. It serves as a distinguishing token, emblem, or badge, such as a symbol of office in
heraldry. The military rank of
ensign, a junior officer once responsible for bearing the ship's ensign, derives from it.
ensign
Noun
1. a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
(hypernym) commissioned naval officer
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
2. an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality
(synonym) national flag
(hypernym) emblem, allegory
3. colors flown by a ship to show its nationality
(hypernym) colors, colours
Ensign
(v. t.)
To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.
(v. t.)
To designate as by an ensign.
(n.)
Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
(n.)
Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
(n.)
A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
(n.)
A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.
(n.)
A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Ensign
(nes ; in the Authorized Version generally "ensign," sometimes "standard;" degel, "standard," with the exception of (Song of Solomon 2:4) "banner;" oth, "ensign"). This distinction between these three Hebrew terms is sufficiently marked by their respective uses. Nes is a signal, and not a military standard. It is an occasional signal, which was exhibited on the top of a pole from a bare mountain-top, (Isaiah 13:2; 18:3) degel a military standard for a large division of an army; and oth the same for a small one. Neither of them, however, expresses the idea which "standard" conveys to our minds, viz. a flag. The standards in use among the Hebrews probably resembled those of the Egyptians and Assyrians-a figure or device of some kind elevated on a pole; usually a sacred emblem, such as an animal, a boat, or the king's name.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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